Ask the Author: Arthur Chappell
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Arthur Chappell
My whole life is a question mark to me. I got tangled in a cult in the early 1980's. It's a mystery to me how much that was me being brainwashed and how much was my own free will.
Arthur Chappell
You are sentenced to life imprisonment for smiling too much.
As we are overcrowded in the cells your life must be ended tomorrow.
As we are overcrowded in the cells your life must be ended tomorrow.
Arthur Chappell
Probably Narnia, but only after the evil forces have been beaten and everyone has a great time
Arthur Chappell
I don't set books aside for specific seasons. I just read whatever grabs me next. My shelf and list pages on my 2019 reads show everything I have read this year so far
Arthur Chappell
My pub signs book grew from a recent photography interest (obsession). I gave a talk on the subject and the publisher saw the talk and commissioned me to turn it into a book for him.
Arthur Chappell
From life and experience in general
Arthur Chappell
A horror novel, follow ups to my pub signs talk and subsequent book, and various blogs
Arthur Chappell
Write, just do it - and read a lot too. A lot of people talk about the book they want to write one day, but the time to write is always now
Arthur Chappell
Seeing my work get into print and knowing others appreciate my thoughts and stories
Arthur Chappell
Actually I don't get block, but the opposite condition. I have too many ideas for what to write about. It might sound ideal but it means I struggle to finish projects before new one distract me and I rarely get to sleep through a blaze of ideas. I think too fast for my pen to keep up with me. It takes a lot of discipline to slow myself down.
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